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Elizabeth Weise USA TODAY Published 11:50 AM EST Nov 13, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO – Of the 20 cities that made the second round of Amazon's beauty pageant for its second headquarters, 18 didn't make the cut. Here are some of the negatives that may have worked against the cities that lost out to New York City and Northern Virginia, the two areas Amazon chose to place $5 billion in investment and 50,000 jobs. Atlanta One thing Atlanta is known for is horrific traffic. INRIX, a transportation analytics company, ranked it as having the fourth-worst traffic in the nation in 2017. It's working on expanding public transportation, but big changes are years away. It's also in a state that doesn't have protections for lesbian and gay workers, which some have suggested might be a stumbling block for Amazon, which has embraced gay rights issues. Austin, Texas One major dig at Austin is that it's too much like Seattle, a smallish city with a quirky … [Read more...] about Why Amazon didn’t pick your city for its second headquarters

President Trump's trade policies are turning long-established Republican orthodoxy on its head, marked by tariff fights and now $12 billion in farm aid that represents the type of government intervention GOP voters railed against a decade ago. President George W. Bush increased the number of countries partnering with the United States on free trade agreements from three to 16. President Ronald Reagan signed a landmark trade deal with Canada that was later transformed into the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and expanded to include Mexico. Both those Republican presidents also enacted tariffs, but their comments on trade were overwhelmingly positive. "We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security and the entire free world, all while cynically waiving the American flag," Reagan said in a 1988 radio address. Mr. Trump, by comparison, has called NAFTA "the worst trade deal maybe ever … [Read more...] about Trump bucks GOP orthodoxy on trade